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Table 2 Half-lives of the target pesticides in soil under dark and light conditions

From: Experimental study on photodegradation and leaching of typical pesticides in greenhouse soil from Shouguang, Shandong Province, East China

Category

Pesticide

Dark

Light

Dynamic level

Half-life (d)

Residual rate after 6 days (%)

Dynamic level

Half-life (d)

Residual rate after 14 days (%)

Insecticide

Nitenpyram

Second-order

4.1

40.3

First-order

4.1

8.8

Acetamiprid

Second-order

2.6

31.5

First-order

2.5

2.9

Chlorantraniliprole

Second-order

53.5

96.3

Second-order

56.3

84.1

Emamectin benzoate

Second-order

18.6

79.1

Second-order

16.1

57.6

Buprofezin

Second-order

18.8

75.8

Second-order

22.8

63.7

Avermectin B1A

Zero-order

58.4

96.4

Second-order

6.1

33.6

Fungicide

Carbendazim

Second-order

6.7

50.9

First-order

9.1

30.9

Oxadixyl

Second-order

9.8

61.1

Second-order

17.9

53.1

Metalaxyl

Second-order

110

101.4

Second-order

104

91.7

Diethofencarb

Second-order

19.8

82.0

Zero-order

6.7

5.5

Boscalid

Second-order

30.4

88.4

Second-order

41.1

74.9

Tebuconazole

Second-order

29.8

88.1

Second-order

99.1

90.1

Isoprothiolane

Second-order

44.4

93.8

Second-order

80.3

90.0

Hexaconazole

Second-order

42.4

92.9

Zero-order

61.1

92.7

Difenoconazole

Second-order

46.1

92.3

Second-order

61.1

87.6

Pyraclostrobin

Second-order

34.0

90.8

Second-order

23.3

78.5

Trifloxystrobin

First-order

4.8

45.7

First-order

3.0

5.9

  1. The degradation of pyraclostrobin under light conditions was only simulated for 10 days